Canteen.



GANTBEN.

APPLICATION FILED 313.12, 1912'.

Patented Dee. 17,1912.

UNITED -sTATEs .ANDREW neLnAN norra'r, or FnANxr/fon'r, KENTUCKY.. l

CANTEE.

I Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 17', 1912.-

@puatron med February 12, 1912. serial 110.1171173.

To all lwlw/om it may concem Be it known that I, ANDREW MCLEN MOFFAT, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at the city'of Frankfort,in the county of Franklin, in the State of Kentucky, in the UnitedStates of America,

have invented a new and useful Improvenovel construction and arrangementof parts whereby adrinking cup is stowed away inside the canteen whennot in use.

. The objects of the invention, are to provide a canteen or like vesselwith a drinking cup of a large holding capacity, to support the said cuprigidly inside the vessel so that it will not rattle or become detachedfrom the vessel when being`carried about, and

` generallyto provide a light and serviceable canteen in every res'spectwith cheapness of cost and simplicity of construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section througha acanteen according to this invention. Fig. g2 is a perspective viewshowing the drinking cup and cap detached from the canteen with portionsof the latter two elements broken away. Fig. 3, is a perspective detailof the drinking cup with a broken away to sclose the interior.

Like numerals of reference indicate cor-I responding parts in eachfigure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 1s the-vessel or body portion of thecanteen of any suit able shape but here shown as the well known drumshape, said vessel having the neck 2 externally threaded at 3.

4 is the drinking cup comprising a tubular body portion open at each endand having the externally threaded base 5. The body portion 4 ispreferably cylindrical in shape and of a diameter to nicely fitthe'passage 6 through neck 2, said body portion meeting the base 5 in ashoulder 7 which latter is adapted to abut the outer end ofthe neck 2.The threads on the base 5 are of exactly the same pitch as the threadson the neck 2, and

when thecup 4 is in position within the vessel the latter threads are invertical aline- (portion lof the lower end ment with the threads 3 andform contiriu- 'I ation thereof. v8 is a cap or closure comprising-1a.-simple shell whose side wall is of suic'ient Ien to inclose the base 5and neck2. The side wall of said cap "is 'provided with the-inten `nalthreads 9 adapted to engage the threads on the base 5 and the threads'3on the neck and when screwed down. into position, its bottom 10 abutsand *forms a closure to the base end of the cup 4- 11 is a'small tonshoulder 7 at a'point in 'its circumference and vada ted to engage anotch 12in 'the outer en of the neck 2. The tongue 11 and correspondingnotch 12 may be V- shaped or any other desirable shape and are providedto prevent the cup 4 rotating within the e extending 'Y from the neck 2while screwing ron the cap 8, but I wish it tobe understood thatothermeans if necessary may be provided. for the same purpose.

13 is a cup handle comprisin a springythrown over and sprung insidethecup 4,

but in Fig. 3 the said handle is shown out of the cup into a usefulposition for drinkin in which position the heel 15 abuts the si e of thecup. v

I do not desire to claim the handle arrangement herein described as thesame forms no part of the present invention ex-- cept as a useful'adjunct to the cup 4.

- In theiuse of this invention assuming the vessel has been filledwithliquid and it is\ desired to obtain a drink therefrom it is onlynecessary to unscrew the cap 8 from the threads 3, and base 5, and thecup can then be withdrawn and 'used to receive liquid from the vesselfor drinking purposes in \which case the cap is replaced on the base 5,

braces both the threads 3 and the threads on` the base 5. In this closedposition it will `large mouth of the vessel the be seen that the cup isheld perfectly rigid so that there will be no rattlingwhile the canteenis being carried about.

In filling the vessel l it is not necessary .to Withdraw the cup as thecap alone may be removed and the liquid inserted into the vessel by wayof the cup. V v

An important feature of the present invention is that, the neck of thevessel can be made extremely large this facilitating filling thereof anddrinking therefrom. Furthermore the cup is kept free from thecontaminating dust and the like by reason of its being inclosed in thevessel. I also Wish it to be noted that with the construction of cupherein described it is possible to use a handle, which as far as I amaware is a novel and useful feature. The device is extremely simple inconstruction and there are no loose chains, straps or the like necessaryto hold the cup in position.

I Wish it to be understood thatthe construct-ion herein described may bevaried as may become necessary so long as the essential features areadhered to as claimed in the following claims for novelty.

In canteens at present in use it is impossible to thoroughly clean theinterior but with the present invention, owing to the interior may bethoroughly cleaned by the insertion of a brush or other cleaning device.

' What I claim as my invention is.

'-1. In a canteen or the like, the combination With a vessel having amouth yportion, of a drinking cup having a removable bottom anddetacha-bly held to said mouth portion and extending Within-the vessel.

2. In a canteen or the like, a. combination with a vessel having a mouthportion, of a drinking cup detachably held to said mouth portion g andextending' within the vessel, said cup' having a handle housed Withinthe cup.

3. In a canteen or the like, the combinaan internal thread nemesi tionwith a. vessel-having a neck portion, of a drinking cup adapted to bestored inside the 'vessel and engaging said neck portion at one end,said cup having a removable bottom also engaging said neck portion.

4. In a canteen or the like, the combination with a vessel having a neckportion, of a movable bottomed drinking cup extending inverted into saidvessel and having a shoulder abutting the outer edge of said neck, andmeans for detachably securing the outer end of said cup to the neck.

5. In a canteen or the like, the combination with a vessel having a neckportion, of a drinking cup adapted to extend into the vessel, said cuphaving a removable bottom adapted to engage said neck and form a.closure to the vessel.

6. In a .canteen or the like, a vessel having an externally threadedneck, a tubular drinking cu-p extending inverted into the vessel throughsaid neck and having a shoulder abutting the outer end of said neck, anda cap forming aremovable botl tom to said cup and threaded thereonto andhavling a thread engaginglsaid thread 'on the nec 7. In a canteenor thelike, a vessel having an externally threaded base neck, a tubulardrinking cup extending into the vessel and having an externally threadedend of corresponding diameter and pitch to the threads on said neck,said end joining the body part` in a shoulder abutting the outer end ofsaid neck, means for preventing rotation of thc cup within the neck anda cap forming a removable bottom to said cup and having threads and neckthreads.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this Sth'day of Februa 1912.

AN REW MOLEAN MOFFAT. Witnesses:

HARRY DAVIS, E. JoHNsoN.

embracing said cup-

